As a free dating platform, Badoo struggles to maintain the trust of its users. The basic service is free and the barrier to entry is very low. This means it’s easy for bots and fake people to post profiles to spoil the experience for many real flirts. One way to combat this is to request a selfie on Badoo. This tutorial will tell you everything you need to know.
The basic dating service on Badoo is free. There are premium plugins that can improve your experience, but they are mostly free. With over 430 million users, it’s a fertile ground for scammers, scammers and catfishers that make everyone wary. Since trust is important in dating, Badoo has taken some precautions to help you understand which profiles are more real than others. One of these measures is the selfie request.
A selfie request helps get a verified account. This is essential in any free dating app to convince users that you are who you say you are and that you are not a scammer or a fake.
Badoo uses blue ticks to show you what verification a profile has passed. A blue checkmark with a white background means the profile is using two forms of verification. A white checkmark on a blue background means the user has verified their profile picture and is using another verification method as well.
Request a selfie on Badoo
Female users can request a selfie on Badoo to help verify male profiles. The feature was introduced a while ago and seems to be doing well. Along with two-step verification, which I’ll talk about later, this selfie process helps boost female users’ confidence that the man they’re talking to is also more likely to be real.
If you’ve used online dating for a long time, you’ll know that images, while powerful, can be misleading. With apps that can transform your body into something completely different, since some users are much better off or the habit of posting images in Photoshop with their heads on someone else’s body, it can be hard to know exactly what you’re dealing with.
Enter selfie.
When a female user talks to a man, a Selfie Request option appears in their app. It doesn’t matter if he started the conversation or not, the option should appear when he replies. If the man complies with the selfie request, the conversation can continue. If they decline the selfie request, the two may be unique and the conversation cannot continue.
Badoo does not do the unique, it depends on two dates. If someone doesn’t comply with a simple selfie request, it’s safest to drop the match and move on. If the guy provides a selfie, it’s only shown in spades and isn’t posted anywhere, so there’s really no excuse.
It’s a shame that only female users can request selfies. That looks a bit like 20pearl century, but it’s definitely better than nothing.
Account verification on Badoo
Other ways Badoo tries to protect its users is by offering verification. One of the verification methods is via your phone number or social media, and the other is through another selfie. Both combine to provide a Verified User checkmark in your account. Given how Badoo works, this is essential if you want to be taken seriously on the platform.
Phone or social verification
The first form of verification happens when you create your account. First, you will receive an email with a link to verify your email account. Next, you need to link your Badoo account to your social media account(s) or provide a phone number for phone verification. This is designed to add authenticity to your account and weed out some scammers. While it is both very cheap and easy to obtain, burning phones and fake social media accounts alone are not enough.
The second form of verification is the selfie. Login to your profile and hit Verify. You are taken to a screen with someone posing in a specific position. You have to fake this location and let the app take a photo of you. Badoo then validates the image and you are verified.
While these verification methods do find a way to weed out scammers, they’re not perfect. Even if you’re paired with a verified profile, remember that you’re dating online and the person you’re talking to can be anyone. If you’re a female user, request this selfie early. If you’re a man, provide a selfie when asked because your conversations will be so much easier once you’ve put her mind at ease!
